What I Learned in the Nursery by G.K Chesterton (Extra credit)

I love this quote from G.K Chesterton from the article "what I learned in the Nursery". 
"There is the great lesson of "Beauty and the Beast"; that a thing must be loved before it is loveable". 

It tells a lot about our relationship with God and shows us how our relationship with others should be like.
"God so loved the world that H gave His only begotten Son that whosever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16)

I know there is nothing really lovely about this world. All the violence, jealousy, lust and hatred in the hearts of men only make them more unattractive. Compared to Beauty, the Prince was a beast but compared to God, man is a beast. Imperfect and unholy. But for some reason God loves us as we are. It is in this relationship we have with God that we transform into beautiful creatures. Therefore we cannot pretend in God's presence, we should not sit on pedestals in His house, we should cast out crowns and remember or beast-like selves and understand that we are only beautiful because of Him and not besides Him.

The same way we should love one another and not look down on anyone. We should try our very bests to see the beauty in everyone and not just the shame.
When we begin to realize that love is a matter of perspective and not the shallow kind, not the one determined by the clothes we wear or the make up we put on but the heart (the innermost part of us), the world becomes a better place.

What better way for Christians to preach the good news (John 3:16) than to really show that incomprehensible love of God by loving the way He loves.